Teaching & modules
Modules
Courses are divided into modules. You will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.
Required modules
- Working with Early Modern Literary Texts (30 credits)
- Early Modern Playhouse Practice (30 credits)
- Shakespeare: Actors, Audiences and the Experience of Theatre-going (30 credits)
- Dissertation in Shakespeare Studies (60 credits)
Optional modules
In addition, you are required to take 30 credits from a range of optional modules which may typically include those listed below.
- Global/Local Shakespeares (15 credits)
- Flatter and Fawn: Early Modern Drama & the Court (15 credits)
- Theatre Gender and Culture in Jacobean London (15 credits)
- Contested Voices in Early Modern England (15 credits)
- Shakespeare and the Screen (15 credits)
Teaching methods - what to expect
Teaching across the degree is delivered by academics from King’s and Globe Education, complemented by visiting experts.
Typically, one credit equates to 10 hours of work.
If you are a full-time student, we will give you four to six hours of teaching each week through lectures and seminars, and we will expect you to undertake 26 hours of self-study per week.
If you are a part-time student, we will give you two to three hours of teaching each week through lectures and seminars in your first year and two to four hours in your second, and we will expect you to undertake 13 hours of self-study per week in your first and second years.
Assessment
- Coursework
- Written/practical examinations
Your performance will be assessed through a combination of coursework and written/practical examinations. Coursework contributes 100% to your final mark.
Application closing date guidance
Key Information
Course type:
Master's
Delivery mode:
In person
Study mode:
Full time / Part time
Duration:
One year full-time, September to September, two years part-time
Application status:
Open
Start date:
September 2026